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The recent “groundswell” of support for a spending bill amendment protecting state-legal marijuana proposed by Colorado Rep. Jared Polis wasn’t enough to move a powerful Congressional committee — or even a Republican from his own state serving on it. Polis attempted to push the provision known as the McClintock-Polis Amendment into the continuing resolution to…

When Nevada legalized adult use sales this past summer, the market exploded and undoubtedly flooded licensed testing labs with samples to get products on shelves. In August, roughly a month after the start of adult use sales, a Las Vegas cannabis-testing lab, G3 Labs, had their license suspended for an unknown compliance issue. “We can’t…

The fledgling cannabis industry is full of wide-eyed claims about what pot can do. Outperform your favorite energy drink? Maybe. Cure cancer? Worth a try. The biggest believers and entrepreneurs make the plant sound almost magical. Now one startup has the key to keep the science from the hype: the first-ever full map of the…

What started out with a tragic death of an unnamed veteran who took his life on the grounds of Carl T Hayden, VA became a moving lesson for Phoenix Saturday, November 11, 2017 with a Veterans’ Rights Rally and March held at the Phoenix Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center. The event, hosted by The…

The Marijuana Justice Act — which seeks to deschedule cannabis and right the wrongs of the discriminatory War on Drugs — garnered 12 sponsors on day one. Today, Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) and about a dozen co-sponsors introduced the Marijuana Justice Act of 2017 to the U.S. House of Representatives, pushing forward the companion House bill…

As timberland converts to cannabis, spotted owls and barred owls test positive for rat poison. Wildlife species are being exposed to high levels of rat poison in northwest California, with illegal marijuana farms the most likely source point, according to a study led by the University of California, Davis, with the California Academy of Sciences.…

Authorities raided three illegal marijuana grows in the Falcon area Wednesday, seizing 175 plants, 5 pounds of processed marijuana, firearms and $5,000 in cash, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office announced. One person was arrested. Two firearms were seized, one of which was stolen. Deputies raided the grows with the help of the Metro Vice,…

Three months ago, a special legislative session to fix a mistake Colorado lawmakers made regarding pot taxes disintegrated into partisan finger-pointing and blame. Now, with a new session underway, the discord is mostly resolved and the legislation to allow special districts to collect a voter-approved tax on recreational marijuana sales — one that lawmakers inadvertently…

The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will not conduct research into whether medical marijuana could help veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain, as veterans groups are pushing for the use of the drug as an alternative to opioids and anti-depressants. In a letter to U.S. Rep. Tim Walz (D-Minn.), Department of…

A bill introduced by Colorado Rep. Ed Perlmutter that would allow banks to serve marijuana-related businesses without fear of penalties from the federal government got a boost Tuesday from a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general. A letter sent to leaders in Congress Tuesday by 18 state attorneys general requests that Congress pass legislation such…

It may not be long now before the first legal recreational marijuana shops begin operating in Los Angeles. City officials last Friday started issuing temporary approvals to cannabis businesses, which allows those businesses to apply for state licenses. At the moment, local approvals are only being given out to existing medical marijuana dispensaries that were…

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